Broom.



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Afiiftiilit" J. CCKHRAN, OF NDIANAPOLIS, INIANA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1907.

vippl-icstion tiled June 19,1906. Serial No. 322,385.

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Be itknown that i, ANDREW J. COCHRAN, 'a citizen of' the linited Stn-tes, residiiiig' zit lndinnnrpo'tis, in the efiunt)r ot Unrion rind Stilte ot lmlfnnn., hii've invented eert-nin new :md useful .lmpnv1-ments in iiroolns, of whieh the following is :i specification.

The object of my invent-ion is to produce :i lilrht broom, the ports being ol" such form and the method ot winstruetion being' such that short tip ends ol' brriomeorn, nin-y be sueeesstulhused, therebli producing' a very light and soft floor broom.

The eeoon'ipnnying .lriiwings illustrnte my invention:

Figure i is an elevation ot one of the bolt# hendtittings; Fig. l illustriites the tirst step of my methoiil;4 Fig. 3 s finished broom; F

4f s side elevnt ion ot' the hit-ine; Fig. 5 en end elevation and. Fig. G n. section on line 6 ot' Fig. 3.

To this end i. provide for @zich broom n. pnir of met-nl members, such :1s thnt shown in Figs. l, 4 and 5,- pret'ei'nbl)r formed ot' sheet steel press il into form. Finch of these menihers compr 'es n substmitinl semi-eylindricnl stem LO whieii. zitits inner end., merges into n pnir of' diverging hollow fingers 11h-1].. .it its outer end stem i() is provided with threads 12 to receive e' handle 22. Each ot' the nrmsll is perforated. to receive rivets 13 one ot seid rivets being'm'rnnged Close to the end .ot zie-h {infrer 11. Opposite the inner end oi' stem it) I provide on inturned tip 30, the purpose of which will appear.

The :ethoii of c-.onstructifjin is ns follows:

, nien ier Hlt, with the rivets 13 nssem-. 'lied tia-freni. is hud on n tnble with its hollow' e upperinosty :ind n. mass of broomoorn l laid thereon, being' generally laid in position in s suitable vtorni 16 v(inditnted in dotted lines in Fig. 2i. the butt ends of the Corn extending over the firms l1 ll.. A wisp 1T of broomeorn then lnid immediately inside oi' ezieh end rivet 1 3 lwith the but-t ends lying eeross the arms il in the direction opposite to that of the corn l5. Thereupon a. second tilting -11 is hiid upon the tirst with the rivets E35 iliiissing therethrough :ind the parts nre subjected to n, slight pressure. The wis'ps l---l nre. thro iu@` ted downwnrdnnd the two littinos ltl--Y--ll :ire then forced together with il, very eimsidernble nmount of pressure so as to chimp the butt ends of the corn .l5 very tightly 'between the two tittings, whereupon the rivets lb aire headed over so es to hold the parts together. Thereupon the sott ends of the wisps 17 nreswung further toward the 1mi-in body 15 and the eorn is sewed together by the stitches 2O in the usual well known nimmer. The butt. ends ol' the eorn l5 nre then trimmed ns indicated in Fig. 3. The fittings 10--11 may be eompnriitivehv light, :ind they do not extend.` down over the hea-d ot the broom so that the fittings do not edd materially to the weight. VThe outer ends of the. two portions 10 are held together by s suitable ferrule 21.

'lhefhn-mlle 2'7 is pointed at its inner end so that, when it is screwed t-o position, it willA enter the mass of corn and lforce the lips Y apart thus tending t-o swing the outer ends ot' the stem members l() together and clamp them upon the handle.

By the method described I emable to assemble the corn without preliminary wet- Iting' and consequently there is no shrinking :ind loosening of the corn aft-er the broom is completed.

I Claim iis my invention:

1. A broom comprising e air of half-titting's eneh comprising n ho low handle-receiving member and a pair of hollow dive''- ing arms, a mass of corn having the buttfirronged between the arms of the fittings, tastening' members extending through the tittin'gis, and a. pair of wisps of corn having their butt ends laid inside of the end fastening members and their soft ends doubled'back upon the mass outside of said fastening meinbers, and. mea-ns other tha-n the fittings for binding' the corn together at a point beyond the iittings.

'2. A broom comprising e. pair of half-fittings each oomprisii'ig a threaoed hollow handle-receiving member, a pair of hollow diveng'ing,r arms und n lip opposite the handlereeeiving' member. n mass of' Corn having the butts arranged between the arms oi" Vthe fitrtings, fastening members extending through the fittings, and n pia-ir of wisps oi" corn inwing their butt ends laid inside of'the end fastening members and their soft ends doubled beek upon the mass outside of said fastening members, means other than the tittings for binding' the corn together at n point beyond the fittings, and a. handle screwed into the fittings and having a tapered end adjacent said lips.

3. A broom comprising a air of half tittings each comprising a ho low handle-receiving member, n pnir of hollow arms di- IOP llO

verging from the lower end of seid handle lbutts errsniged between theurlns of the lllvreceivingmer'nber, and lip errengedin elinetinge, fastening' members exif-:riding throne-h ment with the handle-receiving member at the fittings, menne other than the linings for its' inner end, .ineens for Clamping said two blinding' the corn t'ogetlier ntr a point bei/ond 5 members together upon the butts of the the fittings, and :L handle screwed into thi l broom materiel, and i1- hnn'dle member rofittings and having a tapered end adjmenz jected into the handle-receiving lnerniers Vaid lips. l

endbetween' the aforesaid. lips whereby the In wit-ness whereof, l., have hereunto wi handle-receiving members are clamped upon lmy hand and seal at ln |.imn1poli indiana, xo the handle by longitudinal movement. of the this 13th day of June, A. l). one ihensnna 1 handle between the lips. f h 1f nine hundred and six.

l' -4.A broomoon1 rising a erov e -ft- TWA f l; l tinge each cmpri'sirljg a threaded hollow han- Y Ab DRE J' ('O( H IA L ""J dle-reoeiving member, e pair of hollow AdivWitnesses:

I3 verging arms and n lip opposite the handle- An'rm'n Nl. H Oon,

recevingrnember, a mass of corn having the V THOMAS W. MCMEANS. 

